Leading by Example: A Model of Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 532-550

  Boiral, Olivier ^a   Talbot, David ^a   Paillé, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate greening; Eco initiatives; Environmental performance; Leadership; Organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84942366160     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1835     Document Type: Article

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